The Asterisk War (light novel)
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yuiyuigahama said: i cried when ayato and julis didnt kiss. They always gotta interrupt the near kiss :'( I was squealing though when they were about to! Actually, I squealed when she cupped his face! Harems smh Aside from that, great first season and looking forward to season two! 8/10 |
| Pretty awesome fight. Not as intense as i expected it to be, but still awesome. Overall, it was a really nice ending for the first cour and i cant wait for the next one! |
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| That animation change during the fight was weird. 6/10 |
| Not too epic ending but good enough and that powered was kinda weird |
| Damn, that final fight was pretty epic, the animation studio ended this anime on a high note. Ayato has a Harem which is pretty good in my opinion especially when it involves likable female leads, for example: Claudia. Honestly, this blew my expectations out of the water and it was entertaining. The atmosphere of this anime could be distrusting or fishy since most of the other characters are shrouded in secrets or trying underhanded methods which further draws my curiosity. The only thing that worries me is about Ayato's sister which will possibly be answered in the next season. Anyways, Awesome anime and I got to give credit to the studio for doing a great job. Easily 8-8.5/10. Also,comparing this to Rakudai is an insult to the studio and the author. Please respect their works. Side Note:Team Claudia, Damn Ayato why can't you look at Claudia?lol |
| The fight was very enjoyable, although Ayato looked really weird during one of his attacks. At least he and Julis won in the end. Predictable, but that's not always a bad thing, you know. =) Julis was REALLY close to kissing Ayato. Shame that that moment was interrupted with the arrival of Saya, Kirin and Claudia, who have no problem shoving Ayato into their chests. Lucky bastard Ayato... The first cour of the series was pretty good. Generic at times, but the main cast are pretty likeable, the art and animation was very good, save for one or two Festa battles where the quality was thrown out of window briefly. Soundtrack was also enjoyable, with the ED song being my favourite for this anime season as a whole. Overall, I will rate the first cour of The Asterisk Wars a 7/10. Looking forward to the second cour, hopefully filled with more powerful opponents and maybe some unexpected surprises thrown into the mix as well. =D |
| I'll give it a 3 out of 10, ratings would have been higher if it weren't for that interrupted kiss and amount of halfass work gone into this series. And the ending, seriously? One scene the protagonist gets his face covered with girls' chest, then a supporting character standing in the hall talking to himself, and suddenly the credit rolls. It's like A1 has already given up on this series and just want it to end. No wonder the anime industry is failing. |
ZackharioDec 20, 2015 6:46 AM
| loved the last scene! aauuw Ayato! :P 7/10 - entire series :D |
| Wait, how are Ayato and Julis supposed to win any battle from now on since everyone knows all they have to do is last for 5 minutes? |
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kurikinton said: Hokuto Sakiyama animated that scene - check this compilation of his scenes out. he's a rather famous young animator known for his surreal animation style akin to that of his idol Shinya Ohira. so it naturally doesn't resemble the series' look whatsover. wut happened |
| That was a pretty disappointing fight for a series that had basically only the fight scenes going for it. Terrible choreography, mainly consisting of flashy explosions and badly animated screaming. They tried to add an alternative artstyle in there as if to make the decisive stroke seem more powerful but it mainly came off as amusing to me. The plot of the anime itself was incredibly cliche and the characters your LN cardboard cutouts, nothing worth mentioning. The anime was pretty much Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry except boring as fuck, whereas Cavalry had the fight scenes and god tier fanservice going for it. 3/10 |
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| Well...there was that Ed song LOL. Honestly though, this wouldn't be too bad if they'd left out the harem element and had a smattering of Cavalry-esque romance between Ayato and Julius - in other words, rewritten the whole thing. The world-building and music are superior in Asterisk imho. |
| that cliffhanger wtf well at least it gets a sequel. just saw it on the anime page. Before that I was kinda annoyed that they had to show that last scene. Definitely going to watch. But I have to say I kinda miss a little bit of story. I mean there is a lot going on but it usually excludes the main character. And while there is something he is pursuing it basically feels like a side story compared to all the other stuff that is happening. |
| Sylvia seems potential best girl. Damn don't make me want to watch the S2 just to see her, this sucks so bad... Julis trying to steal the kiss was cute tho. Claudia and Saya kept the things interesting, but even that didn't help much. 5/10, it was bleh. I feel like S2 will be a lil bit better though. |
TragicRomanceDec 20, 2015 12:21 PM
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| I'm kind of disappointed with this toward the end... kind of getting boring... and the lack of Kirin is disturbing. I'd probably watch the sequel just for Saya and Kirin only and not the story. The characters are too many and most of them have no development at all. I mean we got Saya who was the childhood friend and that's it. We got Kirin who was abused by the uncle and turned 180 degree after meeting Ayato. We got Claudia who just appeared out of nowhere as fanservice and yandere-ish weird thing. We got Julis who was a princess of some sort and I know nothing else of her. Now they're going to introduce new characters like Sylvia and others. I hope they don't overkill the series with more harem characters. They haven't done justice to the main harem either. 7/10. Originally 6/10 if Kirin didn't do what she does at the end. Also what's with the cliff hanger? They can't spare 1 or 2 seconds before cutting it off? -_- |
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Brobot said: kurikinton said: Hokuto Sakiyama animated that scene - check this compilation of his scenes out. he's a rather famous young animator known for his surreal animation style akin to that of his idol Shinya Ohira. so it naturally doesn't resemble the series' look whatsoever.wut happened Reminded me of one of the MCs from Prison School. Well, your bound to find more than one pair of MCs that look alike, but this made it more noticeable. |
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| That animation thing they decided to do was horrible. The fight was average, his fight against Kirinn was still the best, the first one. Actually wished there was progression with the girls but meh, typical harem cockblocks. Well, guess we'll have to wait for s2. |
| Ayato managed to be a massive pussy and somewhat bad ass through out the series. Pretty average anime overall tho. OP was probs best part. |
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| wooo thats some sp00ky season 2 cliffhanger there. See u in 4 months mister ayato |
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| Episode not exciting as I had hoped, but the clash was not bad, quite convincingly even though the victory was in the air Ayato, drawings and animations good, I hope the 2nd cour is much more convincing, even if all the anime series, It was not bad, considering that some points I liked. Opening and ending cute and catchy. For now my rating is 7.5 / 10, the middle point, is encouraging. |
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| Well to say that there was something new is like to be super hyped for 2nd season. Pretty average shounen-harem anime like hundreds others and that was prety much expected. Manga started quite a while ago and for the first chapters it was a bit entertaining, but nothing more plus including monthly updates. And then the anime came out and i can't came up with anything special about this series. But i'm gonna watch 2nd season beacuse of stupid rule i set for myself to continue the previously watched series :( |
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| ^ Is she really dead? The seal on Ayato suggests she's still alive unless the seal is permanent regardless of weather she's dead or alive. Don't jump to too many conclusions, even if her glasses were no longer with her. It was pretty obvious he had encounters with her though. The ending just clarified it. |
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| Animation was above average. Characters were previously used tropes that already exist. The story was basically Blade dance with a few small alterations. It was average pretty much most of the time. I did enjoy it at certain times , while it dragged a bit more at others. I hope the romance get's developed in S2. 5/10 From me. Hope S2 is less "generic" and tries to establish itself a bit more. |
| Ayato went all out in the end. Good fight looking forward to season two. ~Great episode!!! |
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| Glad this i finally over. Most likely won't watch second half. Meh 4/10 overall. Holy shit was this generic. |
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| Pretty good episode. Ayato was pretty beast, breaking that Gravi-Sheath, I swear, he will become the Harem King, haha. Ending just leaves more clues, want 2nd season. Also, ship Ayato and Julis. |
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| Very bad to finish the season like that. This episode not seems like an end of season. Regarding the episode, it was predictable. The art during his transformation was original but not beautiful :/ Julis was nearly about to kissed him, but no, the harem interrupted them. |
| So my question is... where are the fucking adults? You can't seriously tell me the students run everything. Oh wait, anime. |
| That animation was awesome, good final to end the first cour. 7/10 |
| Almost none of the real™ main pair in this episode, which was a shame. Decent (but far from outstanding) fight nonetheless. Will watch the second half and will buy the light novels in English when they come out. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| I picked this up on a whim, overall I liked it. 7/10. Fight this ep was okay, but I really like the sisters. Damn Ayato's face looks weird. Uncanny valley, right there. |
"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!" |
| There's never been a shortage of harem, school life, and action series coming out of Japan. But while Gakusen Toshi Asterisk suffers from some generic flaws,* it's definitely far above average as far as the genre is concerned. Maybe that's just because the genre as a whole is a wasteland,** but I rather enjoyed the series as a light watch when I'm just sitting in front of my desk looking to kill some time. At least you can tell that they tried to make it a good series, which is more than you can say about a lot of series... *: Female characters falling for main left and right, obvious black hand in the background as a backstory, ecchi elements, etc. The puzzling thing about ecchi in this series is that it doesn't even sell the ecchi all that much, so one wonders why it's in there at all. **: Recent examples include Seiken Tsukai no World Break and Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance. |
| My point is despite the fact that adults are technically present, it almost seems if they have no actual bearing on anything that's going on between the academies. Rather, the student council presidents are portrayed as having much more clout than anyone else, even the supposed administrators and what not, which is a common anime trope. However, I will concede that there is still another 12 episodes to go, and I'm an anime-only viewer, so my knowledge base is limited to only what we've been shown thus far. Also, maybe there's something I'm totally forgetting that was shown in earlier episodes, but that's just a testament to how much (or little) this show engaged me. Don't get me wrong though, it was still a fun watch. |
kurikinton said: wut happened 7/10 that last episode was so bad tho Why did this show turn into Aku no Hana? Meh. I only watched this for Claudia. And thankfully, the Urzaiz sisters were really cool. I hope we see more of them in the 2nd season. |
| Good show, I liked the story and characters, not amazing, but it was entertaining.....I thought it was a lot funnier than most people gave it credit for. 7/10 |
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| I like tough tomboys. Too bad she and her sister weren't added to the harem. I was pretty underwhelmed by this show. I heard it was supposed to be terrific, so I was excited to watch it at first, but I just wasn't very hot on it. The main character is unbearably boring, the world itself was boring, and the concept of fighting these battles is boring. The ogre lux's are beginning to become more interesting however, and all the girls are cute. I'll be watching the second cour, but I still wasn't impressed. 6/10 |
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